So much is at stake in the rantau by-election and the outcome could determine the life or death – politically speaking – of the main political players.

TUN Dr Mahathir Mohamad is fighting too many fires.

Almost every state in the peninsula, with the exception of Penang, will be in danger for Pakatan Harapan if Umno and PAS contest the next general election as ‘husband and wife’.

Malay political discontent boils over in Semenyih, causing a Bersatu defeat that will have deep implications for the ruling coalition.

WHEN Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrived at Unisel to give a talk ear­lier this week, he was introduced as the “eighth prime minister of Ma­­laysia.”

A strange wind is blowing through Semenyih.

TUN Dr Mahathir Mohamad is starting to flex his muscles.

TUN Dr Mahathir Mohamad knew that public opinion would not be in favour of his party accepting ex-Umno leaders.

The fake degree firestorm that is threatening to bring down the Deputy Foreign Minister could not have happened at a worse time for Bersatu.

THERE has been quite a bit of self-denial coming from Pakatan Harapan leaders in recent weeks. But one thing they cannot deny is that Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, the man that Pakatan leaders are trying to send to prison, has made waves wherever he goes.

DATUK Seri Azmin Ali’s (pic) tweets expressing support and affection for Che Det, as Tun Dr Mahathir Mahathir is known as, have grown more explicit over the last couple of months.

THE Cameron Highlands by-election ought to have been a cautionary tale on what not to do in an election campaign.